Game apparatus



June 9, 1925. v 1,540,878

O.F.ENGEL GAME APPARATUS Filed Jan. 17, 1925 Fig.1.

A TTORNEY Patented June 9, 1925. i

OSCAR F. ENGEL, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

GAME errnnn'rus.

Application filed January 17, 15525. Serial No. 3,077.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Qsoen F. Enonn, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at 107 Blue Hills Avenue, Hartford, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a game appara tus for playing a game known aswireless and among the objects of the invention is the provision of adevice of this character which is simple in construction and which iseffective and quite amusing in action.

In the drawing accompanying and forming part of the presentspecification, I have represented in detail a form of embodiment of theinvention which, to enable those skilled in the art to practice thesame, will be set forth fully in the following description. I may departtherefrom in a number of respects within the scope of the inventiondefined by the claims following such description.

Referring to said drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a game apparatus involving the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a structure comprising part of the appliance.

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the structure illustrated in said Fig. 2.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The game apparatus involves in its construction a board or field whichmay be of any proper material, such as that denoted in a general way by2 and which is generally made of cardboard and contains on its surface amap of the United States. The map bears on its surface a large number ofwireless sending and receiving stations with proper marking, such asVBZ, WVTIC, \VEAN, lVEEZ, etc. In addition to this, the board has uponits corners or other por tions station indicators, as l, which areexactly the same and which have in annular or circular order thestations which appear on the map. Within said stations is a disc 5,which is pivoted by an eyelet, as 6, and which has a pointer, as 7,which can be turned to the various stations, as 4. In

playing the game, and which usually involves four players, although thenumber may be either increased or decreased as re quired, the firstplayer will place his pointer opposite for example the station VVLZ. Hewill then spin the Whirligig 8 having a pointer 9 to traverse thestations arranged incircular order. The player then spins the Whirligig8 and when the pointer stops opposite for example the letters KHJ, thiswill indicate the first move of the first player which meansUOll'lll'lBllClllg with hole 5 he pegs into hole and then 1.5 and 20.The game is then continued by a second player and continued in suchfashion until the first player runs out one hundred times in which eventhe wins the game.

When playing the radio game, the player sets the pointer, opposite oneof the stations on the dial. He then spins the Whirligig 8 and scorespractically as follows: If the pointer 7 was set at station l/VEAN andthe pointer 9 stops, after being whirled, at WVREO the player scoresfive points by reason of the corresponding letters W.

Now, if the pointer had stopped at \VEEI the player scores 10 by reasonof the first two letters WE corresponding. pointer stops at l VEAF theplayer scores by reason of the first three letters EA corresponding. Ifthe pointer stops at WEAN the player scores by virtue of the fact thatall four letters correspond. All letters that correspond in thesame-order obtain five points. The player has one spin and scoreswhatever comes, then the If the next player spins and scores, eachplayer spinning in turn and whoever gets 100 first wins the game.

It should be noted that the four dials in Fig. 1 do not spin, whereasthe single dial in Figs. 2 and 3 spins quite freely.

lVhat I claim is: r

1. A game apparatus comprising a figure representing a map and bearingon it markings denoting wirelessstations, a plurality of discs bearingsimilar marking designations, and a spinning disc having arranged aboutit similar marking designations, the

figure having marks to receive a pointer.

2. A game apparatus comprising a figure representing a map and bearingon it markings denoting wireless stations, a plurality of discs bearingsimilarly marked designations and a spinning disohaving arranged aboutit similar marking designations, the figure having holes to receive apeg.

3. A game apparatus comprising a figure representing a map of the UnitedStates and bearing on it markings denoting Wireless stations, aplurality of discs bearing simllarly marked designations, and a spinnindischavin arran 'ed about it similar 10 marking designations, the figurehzwing holes to receive a pe In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

OSCAR F. ENGEL.

